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YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. _, 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Coccyzus americanus. 



Length 12 inches; tail half the length. 



Upper parts brownish-gray with a greenish gloss-; wings 

 black, washed with reddish-brown; outer tail-feathers black 

 with distinct white patches. Bill yellow at base and on lower 

 mandible. 



Under parts white. 



Resident (common) from May 2 to October 15; winters 

 in Central and South America. 



We have two Cuckoos, the Yellow-billed and the 

 Black-billed, much alike except for the color of the 

 bill. The Yellow-billed is the common species, the 

 other being quite rare. . Although a large bird and 

 rather conspicuous from his long tail with its white 

 " thumb-marks," he keeps so closely in the densest 

 trees and is so noiseless in his movements that we 

 seldom notice him. His call, however, is not un- 



